Do plant species with high relative growth rates have poorer chemical defences?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 819-827

  Almeida Cortez, J S ^a   Shipley, B ^a   Arnason, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; RGR; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PLANT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0033427648     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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